diff --git a/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c b/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c
index c533d9dd4..96c3ee31b 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxccontainer.c
@@ -2326,7 +2326,7 @@ static bool remove_from_array(char ***names, char *cname, int size)
 		char **newnames = (char**)realloc(*names, (size-1) * sizeof(char *));
 		if (!newnames) {
 			ERROR("Out of memory");
-			return false;
+			return true;
 		}
 
 		*names = newnames;